 Marines and sailors with the Scout Sniper Platoon and personal security attachment of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit met at a campaign and shooting range to test and improve their skills in combat marksmanship. Pitting Marine against Marine takes the training to another level. Anytime you add competition to training, it's gonna make it more realistic, make it more effective. Three man teams with 20 rounds per Marine engage 59 pop-up targets in a time limit of 60 seconds. Each Marine was also required to fire a minimum of five rounds from each shooting position. Prone, kneeling, and standing. And that's always good for the Marines because you're not always going to be able to take that well-anked shot from the prone. You sometimes have to get up out of the prone, shoot off of a barricade. Today the Scout Snipers won the competition, but every Marine took away a higher state of expeditionary readiness. Marine Sergeant Paul Robbins, Jr. Camp Hanson, Okinawa.